triple alliance | germany austria italy alliance, italy later left |
triple entente | great britain, france, and russia alliance, italy and usa later join |
otto von bismarck | founder of german empire, kaiser wilhem takes control from him |
militarism | country should have strong military always ready , aggrievously protect country |
nationalism | extreme price in your nation |
pan-slavism | advocacy of union of all slavic people |
kaiser wilhem 11 | kaiser of germany, takes power from otto von bismarck |
archduke franz ferdinand | heir to austria hungary throne, him and wife sophie assignâtes by Gavinlo Princip (a serbian so austria declare war on serbia) |
nicholas II | former emporer of all russians |
schlieffen plan | german plan to attack france first easily then go after russia |
western front | land between france and belgium where war was fought |
eastern front | land where fighting between austria and romania against germany, ottomans, bulgaria, and austro hungary happened |
colonel t.e. lawrence | british archaeologist and played a role in arab revolt against Ottomans |
wilson’s 14 points | speech proposal by u.s. president woodrow wilson with his ideas and plans for the war |
league of nations | first worldwide organization to promote peace |
somme river | river in france, germany won battle with many losses |
u-boats | naval war submarines in germany. used in “unrestricted submarine warfare” |
battle of gallipoli | allied ships planned to pass through Dardanelles and capture Constantinople, but they failed and it was the Turks biggest victory |
battle of Verdun | fought on western front in france. longest battle of WWI. france won |